Stakeholder Meeting Information

Meeting Locations

August 18, 2009 - Milnor - Milnor Area Community Center (next to school)
August 19, 2009 - Northwood - Northwood Deaconess Health Center Chapel
August 25, 2009 - New England - Memorial Hall (on Main St.)
August 26, 2009 - Mohall - "The Club" (located on Hwy 5, East side of Mohall)

***We are extremely sorry for the short notice. However, we are on a very tight schedule to gather our members ideas and recommendations and submit them to the Division of Emergency Medical Services.***

Meeting Topics

Training Funds Distribution

• Up to $2,000 for every Ambulance Service
• Up to $1,500 for every QRU
• Up to $500 for every Rescue unit

This grant is to assist agencies with initial education costs for their providers. Each recipient of a grant Must agree to volunteer for an licensed agency for a minimum of six months to qualify.

• First Responder Training will qualify for a grant of $175
• EMT-B, I and P training will qualify for a grant of $750

This grant is available for all ND EMS providers, paid or volunteer, serving in a state-certified or licensed ambulance, QRU or Rescue unit. DEMST will “buy down” the expense of the registration fees to regional or statewide conferences. DEMST will pay for up to $75 for a regional conference and up to $45 per day for the state conference.

This grant will be awarded to up to 10 ambualnce services that have fewer than 10 patient care providers On their rosters. DEMST will award up to $5,000 to those ambulance services to send at least 5 individuals to EMT training.

DEMST will pay up to $175 of the practical test fee for ND candidates at the Bismarck test site.

DEMST will fund 10 grants of $4,000 to paramedics who complete their training during the biennium. To be eligible, the paramedic must be employed full time for a licensed ambulance service based in a ND city of fewer than 30,000 people that has a hospital. The grantee will be obligated to work for that service for a period of two years.

North Dakota EMS Statutes, Regulations and Legislation

Emergency Medical Services

Trauma

Public Access Defibrillation Information

Epinephrine Administration

Bloodborne Pathogen Testing Statute

Criteria to Determine Ranking for EMS Staffing Grants

Isolation
Distance from the closest hospital
Number of calls
Number of providers on the roster
Average age of the provider

Reasonable EMS

Defining Reasonable EMS in North Dakota